Does Bacillus anthracis Lethal Toxin Directly Depress Myocardial Function? A Review of Clinical Cases and Preclinical Studies

The US outbreak of B.anthracis infection in 2001 and subsequent cases in the US and Europe demonstrate that anthrax is a continuing risk for the developed world. While several bacterial components contribute to the pathogenesis of B. anthracis, production of lethal toxin (LT) is strongly associated...

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Autores principales: Suffredini, Dante A., Sampath-Kumar, Hanish, Li, Yan, Ohanjanian, Lernik, Remy, Kenneth E., Cui, Xizhong, Eichacker, Peter Q.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4690141/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26703730
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins7124891

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